Despite US President Donald Trump’s startling proposals and unpredictable rhetoric unsettling traditional allies, many in Iran’s intellectual and policy circles are responding with measured optimism. Mr Trump’s aggressive approach to ending “forever wars” has raised eyebrows but it may be starting to bear fruit with Tehran. The two sides have …

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is set to become a thing of the past after President Donald Trump announced his intent to ‘get rid of it’.i Trump issued an executive order aimed at overhauling the US foreign aid system, citing misalignment with American interests and values. He …

Washington’s decision to broker an end to the ongoing Ukraine-Russia war has caused heartburn and backlash from its European allies and Kyiv. The desire for strategic flexibility, which is as much a function of power as it is of agency, explains in part why Washington has shifted its policy on …

The report “NATO-2030”, presented in early December in Brussels, recognizes Russia as the main threat to the coming decade. The alliance is moving to a deterrence strategy characteristic of the Cold War. Military columnist Alexander Golts believes that the unity of the West is especially evident against the background of …

On March 24, a new meeting of the Ukrainian and American delegations was held in Riyadh, and, as last time, it did not bring any breakthroughs. Ukraine has already suffered from Trump’s impulsiberity, then illegally stopping military aid, then renewing it. If Trump decides to stop military assistance to Ukraine …

Australia is a craven lackey of the serial war criminal, Zionist-subverted and Zionist-perverted US. Australia is second only to the US as a supporter of genocidal Apartheid Israel, is complicit in the horrific, US- and Apartheid Israel-imposed Gaza Genocide in 20 ways and lies for Apartheid Israel in 35 ways. …

Abstract: In spite of the expectations of Moscow, the war in Ukraine has quickly turned into a war of attrition. Based on open-source military publications, this paper aims to present Russian views on the causes of positional war as well as on the future of manoeuvre warfare. While not questioning …

PARIS – Three judges in Paris will issue their verdict on Monday in the embezzlement case against Marine Le Pen, the firebrand leader of France’s far-right Rassemblement National. A conviction could upend French politics, as prosecutors are seeking a five-year ban from public office that would prevent her from running …

Note: The data cut-off for this product was 11:15 am ET on March 29. ISW will cover subsequent reports in the March 30 Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment. Ukrainian and US officials continue to negotiate the terms of temporary ceasefires on Black Sea operations and energy infrastructure strikes, indicating the ceasefires …

L’Allemagne doit devenir la pointe de lance militaire de l’Europe Le Bundestag a brisé le frein institutionnel qui empêchait tout endettement – une modification constitutionnelle qui ouvre la voie à un fonds de 500 milliards d’euros. Objectif officiel : investissements dans la défense et les infrastructures. Mais ceux qui lisent …